Angel is a 1992 perfume from

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and the first modern

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, with notes of patchouli, praline, red berries, and vanilla. The perfumiers were Olivier Cresp and Yves de Chirin. The design of its bottle is an irregular shaped star. Angel along with the company's companion scent Alien account for $280 million in annual sales.Thierry Mugler, Still Creating a Stir
ERIC WILSON Published: April 30, 2010 Accessed: December 26, 2014 The perfume continued to be produced after Mugler's luxury monobrand women's line folded. As of 2011, the fragrance was the fifth best-selling perfume of all time in the United States, according to

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. It once surpassed Chanel's No. 5 fragrance as the best-selling perfume in France, and remains one of the best-selling perfumes in Europe.

Awards

*FiFi Award Hall of Fame 2007fragrantica.co
Angel
Accessed: December 26, 2014

References

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